Ep45: Superpowering Bitcoin with Ark | Alex B

Alex B of Ark Labs explains how Ark can be considered a "UTXO renting service" and how an Ark can superpower everything Bitcoin already does.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:12 - Overview

08:28 - What is Ark Protocol?

09:30 - Understanding UTXOs

19:04 - Why Ark?

22:33 - Sponsorship: Botanix Labs

23:08 - Revisiting Ark Protocol

24:00 - State of Ark Development

30:01 - Challenges in Building Ark

39:56 - Covenants

45:25 - Consensus and Bitcoin Scaling

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